"hooch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /huːt͡ʃ/ Audio: En-au-hooch.ogg [Australia] Forms: hooches [plural]
Rhymes: -uːtʃ Etymology: Abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, the group that produced it, from Hutsnuwu (“grizzly bear fort”), the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hoochinoo}} hoochinoo, {{der|en|tli|Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan}} Tlingit Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, {{m|tli||Hutsnuwu|grizzly bear fort}} Hutsnuwu (“grizzly bear fort”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hooch (countable and uncountable, plural hooches)
  1. (Canada, US, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky. Tags: Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Distilled beverages Hyponyms: moonshine Related terms: jail juice, rotgut Translations (inferior liquor): kořalka [feminine] (Czech), samohonka [feminine] (Czech), (domácí) pálenka [feminine] (Czech), Fusel [masculine] (German), bimber [masculine] (Polish), gorzała [feminine] (Polish), samogon [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hooch-en-noun-DDv08idG Disambiguation of Distilled beverages: 79 21 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hootch
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /huːt͡ʃ/ Audio: En-au-hooch.ogg [Australia] Forms: hooches [plural]
Rhymes: -uːtʃ Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 家(うち) (uchi, “house”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ja|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Japanese, {{bor+|en|ja|-}} Borrowed from Japanese, {{ja-r|家|うち|house}} 家(うち) (uchi, “house”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hooch (plural hooches)
  1. (Vietnam War-era military slang) A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling. Categories (topical): Housing
    Sense id: en-hooch-en-noun-gU8uWr~b Disambiguation of Housing: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Vietnam War Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of Vietnam War: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hootch
Etymology number: 2

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